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Sp. Cu.—Third quill longest; first shorter than sixth. 
vu. S. PB. R. R, EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
MIMUS CAROLINENSIS, Gray. 
Muscicapa carolinensis, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 328. 
Turdus carolinensis, Licur. Verz. 1823, 38.—D’Orsteny, in De La Sagra’s Cuba, 51. 
Orpheus carolinensis, Aup. Syn. 1839, 88.—Is. Birds Amer. IT, 1841, 195; pl. 140. 
Mimus carolinensis, Gray, Genera, 1844-49 
Galeoscoptes carolinensis, Capanis, Mus. Hein. 1851, 82. 
Felivox carolinensis, Bonar. Comptes Rendus, XXVIII, 1853: Notes Orn. Delattre, 39. 
Turdus felivox, VierLor, Ois. Am. Sept. II, 1807, 10; pl. Ixvii.—Bown. Obs. Wilson, 1825, J. A. N. S. IV, 30.— 
Aun. Orn. Biog. I, 1831, 171: V, 1839, 440; pl. 128. 
Orpheus felivox, Swainson, F. Bor. Am. II, 1831, 192. 
Mimus felivor, Bon. List, 1838.—Is. Conspectus, 1850, 276. 
Turdus lividus, Witson, Am. Orn. IJ, 1810, 90; pl. xiv, f. 3. 
? Spodesilawra, Rercuens. Av. Syst. Nat. 1850; pl. lili. (According to Gray the figure belongs to the present species, 
which, however, lacks the notch of bill shown in the plate. 
Reich. pl. lili, represents carolinensis, which seems more probable.) 
(Not of Lichtenstein.) 
According to Bonaparte, Pyrrocheira, 
Prevailing color dark plumbeous, more ashy beneath. Crown and 
nape dark sooty brown. Wings dark brown, edged with plumbeous. Tail greenish black; the lateral feathers obscurely tipped 
with plumbeous. 
tarsus, 1.05. 
Hab.—Eastern United States to the Missouri. 
The under tail coverts dark brownish chesnut. Female smaller. 
Length, 8.85; wing, 3.65; tail, 4.00; 
The tail is considerably graduated ; the lateral feathers .60 of an inch shorter than the middle. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
1123 
1635 
2596 
2243 
10119 
6513 
6514 
7450 
8344 
5285 
5286 
4704 
Whence obtained. 
Locality. | When col- 
| lected. 
| 
Carlisle, Pa.....eseese July 15, 1843 
oesces dO. coer cvoezccoee| July 16, 1844 
Seiaieiala dO. ..... cecccseees| May 6, 1846 
60004 dO. cose. seecvccee| May 7, 1845 
Washington, D. Ci.cveclecesscescceee 
Indian Key, Fla........ March 24..., 
Key Biscayne, Fla......).eescceccerens 
Rockport, Olid. ses. soeleccsccsccecees 
Independence, Mo. ...., June 17, 1857 
Fort Lookout.... 2.008 June 4, 1857 
seeee dd. 2... woeeeeses.| June 22, 1857 
White river...scccccees|cocvccsccevces 
Remarks. 
Iris brown, bill black, 
feet brown. 
Eye blue black. .... es0e 
OROSCOPTES, Baird. 
Cu.—Culmen only slightly curved towards the tip. Bill longer and slenderer than in Mimus ; nearly equal to the head. 
Wings decidedly longer than the tail ; rather pointed ; the first primary less than half the second, which is a quarter of an inch 
shorter than the third. 
Tail rounded ; scarcely graduated. 
In general appearance the species resembles Toxostoma rufum, though the longer and 
more pointed wings, shorter and scarcely graduated tail, and rather shorter bill, which is 
rather more notched, will at onceéflistinguish them. 
The shape of the bill is almost precisely 
the same. In the long, pointed, and little concave wings, with the but slightly graduated tail, 
there is an approach to the true thrushes.: The notch of the bill, however, is less distinct. 
